Tim McGraw: 'Highway Dont Care' Songster's 'Indian Outlaw' Controversy Almost 20 Years Later

Tim McGraw has been around the country area for a long time now. The man is only in his mid-forties and has accomplished more in that amount of time than most of us could even dream of. He is a philanthropist, a singer, a songwriter, and has a voice that can immediately stop any woman in her tracks. None more so than his wife, Faith Hill, who has remained a solid part of McGraw and his career throughout all of it.

McGraw is perhaps best known for three songs. The most recent song that has been on the radio a lot has been "Highway Don't Care" which is a once in a lifetime collaborative effort by Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban on the guitar. That song came off his Two Lanes of Freedom album which he is on tour with right now selling CDs all over the country.

Another song that has made McGraw famous is "Live Like You Were Dying" which when it came out in 2004 was viewed as a bit controversial, tackling the topic of cancer. In the song Tim's voice takes on the character who is speaking to a man who is dying of cancer. The dying man fields the question "What did you do when you heard the news?" His answer wasn't wollowing in self pity, it was going skydiving, rock climbing, riding a bull, fixing relationships, and loving his neighbors. It was a touching song, and one that is sure to make him the legend he already is today.

The last one that he is well known for is one that a lot more young people might not know or remember. The song is "Indian Outlaw" and singing along with my dad to this song in the car on the way out to our deer stands is what this writer remembers the most about it. The song has been around for a long time, since 1994, and the reason this song is on the list of the top three most famous is because it created a plethora of controversy for the artist. You can read about it at this link right here: https://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-24/entertainment/ca-38102_1_native-americans